US314053A

US314053A - John peaesall

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Publication number: US314053A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-03-17
Anticipated expiration: 1902-03-17

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(No Model.) J. PEARSALL.

, CARPET FASTENER.

No. 314,053. Patented Mar. 17, 1885.

c A C WITNESSES: 3-; M NTOR:

, BY llwwwfi ATTORNEYS.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN PEARSALL, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

CARPET-FASTENER.

$PECIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 314,053, dated March 17,1885. Application filed January-7, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known thatl, JOHN PEARSALL, of the city, county, and State of New York. have invented a new and Improved Carpet-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a part of a floor and carpet showing the manner of using my new carpet-fastener. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the fastening-plate removed from the car pet. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the iioor,carpet,and fastening-plate, the latter being hooked over the nail driven in the floor; and Fig. 4 is a similar view showing a modification of the fasteningvplate.

My invention is an improvement in the class of carpet'fasteners which consist of a small and thin metal plate provided with an aperture to receive the head of a nail, and

adapted for attachment to the under side of a carpet.

orifices a at the angles by which the plate may bestretched to the carpet. In its center the plate 0 has the opening E made in it, which is made large at b for the passage of the head and so that it will freely enter the slot E in I the plate.

Instead of forming the plate with a depression, d, the plate may be made concaved, as shown in Fig. 4.

By this construction a carpet cannot be torn or otherwise injured by contact with the head of the nail, and the attachment to or detachment from thelatter may be easily and quickly effected.

\Vhat I claim is- The improved carpet-fastener consisting of the metal plate 0, provided with the keyhole slot d, and depressed along its middle portion adjacent tosaid slot to receive the head of the carpet-nail, the remaining portion or edge of the plate being elevated at a uniform height around its entire circumference, as shown and described.

JOHN PEARSALL.

WVitnesses:

H. A. WEST, O. SEDGwIcK.